Viktoria Yastrebova
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Viktoria Yastrebova is a Russian operatic soprano. She is currently a principal of the Mariinsky Theatre
in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Born in Rostov on Don, Russia, Yastrebova graduated from the music faculty of the Taganrog Pedagogical Institute and later, in 2000, from the Rostov State Rakhmaninov Conservatoire under Khudoverdova. She joined the Mariinsky Academy of Young Singers in 2002 and later became the soloist of Mariisnky. Yastrebova is Honoured Artist of the Republic of Northern Osetia-Alania, Russia, prize-winner at the International Moniuszko Vocalists' Competition in 2004, and the prize-winner at the VI International Rimsky-Korsakov Young Opera Singers' Competition in 2004.
In 2009 Yastrebova made her debut at Royal Opera House in London as Oksana in Tchaikovsky's opera Cherevichki (The Tsarina's Slippers). She frequently performs in operas and concerts in countries including Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Finland, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Israel, Japan, France, Italy and Netherlands. She has performed at international venues and opera festivals including Carnegie Hall
, John F. Kennedy Center, Baden Baden, Bayerische Staatsoper, Savonlinna Festival and Barbican Hall. On the concert platform, Yastrebova has frequently performed Verdi’s Requiem and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony under Valery Gergiev
and Adrian Leaper
. She has also recorded Mahler 8 with Valery Gergiev. 2011 will see her debut at La Scala
.
The Times
wrote of her, following her performance in London of The Tsar's Sultan in 2008, "The best of the young bunch was Viktoria Yastrebova, whose dark, rich and powerful soprano made one wonder if the phrase “the next Anna Netrebko” might finally be justly deployed."
Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Micaëla in Carmen, Tosca title role, Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly, Tatiana in Eugene Onegin, Violetta in La Traviata, Desdemona in Otello, Mimi and Musetta in La Bohème, Elettra in Idomeneo and Iolanta title role, Maria in Mazepa, Corinna in Il viaggio a Reims, Amelia in Simon Boccanegra, Elisabeth de Valois in Don Carlo, Nedda in I pagliacci, Freia in Das Rheingold are amongst her operatic repertoire.
Mariinsky Theatre
The Mariinsky Theatre is a historic theatre of opera and ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Opened in 1860, it became the preeminent music theatre of late 19th century Russia, where many of the stage masterpieces of Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov received their premieres. The...
in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Born in Rostov on Don, Russia, Yastrebova graduated from the music faculty of the Taganrog Pedagogical Institute and later, in 2000, from the Rostov State Rakhmaninov Conservatoire under Khudoverdova. She joined the Mariinsky Academy of Young Singers in 2002 and later became the soloist of Mariisnky. Yastrebova is Honoured Artist of the Republic of Northern Osetia-Alania, Russia, prize-winner at the International Moniuszko Vocalists' Competition in 2004, and the prize-winner at the VI International Rimsky-Korsakov Young Opera Singers' Competition in 2004.
In 2009 Yastrebova made her debut at Royal Opera House in London as Oksana in Tchaikovsky's opera Cherevichki (The Tsarina's Slippers). She frequently performs in operas and concerts in countries including Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Finland, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Israel, Japan, France, Italy and Netherlands. She has performed at international venues and opera festivals including Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....
, John F. Kennedy Center, Baden Baden, Bayerische Staatsoper, Savonlinna Festival and Barbican Hall. On the concert platform, Yastrebova has frequently performed Verdi’s Requiem and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony under Valery Gergiev
Valery Gergiev
Valery Abisalovich Gergiev is a Russian conductor and opera company director. He is general director and artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, and artistic director of the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg.- Early life :Gergiev,...
and Adrian Leaper
Adrian Leaper
-Biography:He is currently the conductor RTVE Symphony Orchestra in Madrid. He was previously Principal Conductor of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria from 1994 until 2001.He has made many recordings for the Naxos Records label.-External links:...
. She has also recorded Mahler 8 with Valery Gergiev. 2011 will see her debut at La Scala
La Scala
La Scala , is a world renowned opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as the New Royal-Ducal Theatre at La Scala...
.
The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
wrote of her, following her performance in London of The Tsar's Sultan in 2008, "The best of the young bunch was Viktoria Yastrebova, whose dark, rich and powerful soprano made one wonder if the phrase “the next Anna Netrebko” might finally be justly deployed."
Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Micaëla in Carmen, Tosca title role, Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly, Tatiana in Eugene Onegin, Violetta in La Traviata, Desdemona in Otello, Mimi and Musetta in La Bohème, Elettra in Idomeneo and Iolanta title role, Maria in Mazepa, Corinna in Il viaggio a Reims, Amelia in Simon Boccanegra, Elisabeth de Valois in Don Carlo, Nedda in I pagliacci, Freia in Das Rheingold are amongst her operatic repertoire.